Orange Ooze Cupcakes

Ingredients

8 ounces Cream Cheese -- softened

1 Egg

cup White Sugar

Yellow and red Food Coloring

6 ounces Milk Chocolate Chips

3 cups Flour

2 cups White Sugar

1/2 cup Cocoa

2 teaspoons Baking Soda

1/2 teaspoon Salt

2 cups Water

1/2 cup plus 2 Tbsp. Vegetable Oil

2 tablespoons Cider Vinegar

2 teaspoons Vanilla

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and line muffin tins with paper cupcake liners.

In small mixing bowl, use electric mixer to combine cream cheese, egg and sugar. Blend in 2 drops yellow food coloring and 1 drop red food coloring, adding more coloring if necessary to reach desired shade. Use mixing spoon to stir in chocolate chips; set filling aside.

In large mixing bowl, combine flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda and salt; set aside.

In second small mixing bowl, combine water, vegetable oil, vinegar and vanilla. Add contents of small mixing bowl to large mixing bowl and stir with mixing spoon to combine.

Using mixing spoon or soup spoon, fill cupcake liners half full with cupcake batter, then place 1 teaspoon filling at center of each. As cupcake bakes, the batter will rise to surround the filling.

Place cupcake pans in oven and bake approximately 25 minutes or until cupcakes test done.

If desired, frost with orange icing-or just let the orange filling ooze out as a surprise.